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woody, scape silky, leaves 3-partite, segments acutely toothed or cut, flowers 



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Inner alpine valleys of the Himalaya, from Gores and Kashmir to Sikkim, alt. 



12-15,000 ft., Jacqnemont, &c. , 



Scape 12 in., softly silky. Radical leaves long-petiole^, segments more or less 

 petloied, sharply incised or 3-lohed. Invol. leaves almost sessile, 3-lobed to the rnidale; 

 segments toothed and cut. Flowers showy ; lateral pedicels luvolucellate. Sepals 1 14 

 in., broadly oval, downy outside. Achenes in an oval head.— Variable in pubescence 



aud acuteness of leaf-lobes. 



Var. 1. «mcea; leaves coarsely toothed, softly silky. 

 Var. 2. glalriuscula ; nearly glabrous, leaves sharply cut. 



4. A. Vitifolia, ffam. ex DC. Sysl. i. 210; rootstock stout woody, 

 scape branched many-flowered, leaves orbicular-cordate. Don Prodr, 193; 

 Hook. BoL Mag, t. 3376 ; Wall Vat. 4695 ; H.f. (k T, FL Ind, 20. 



Tempekate IIimaLata, alt. 5-10,000 ft. : in Sikkim found only on the inner ranges. 



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Stem 1-3 ft, stout, erect, branched. Radical leaves 4-8 in. diam., deeply D-lobed; 

 glabrous above, densely tomentose beneath; lobes sharply lobulate and cut. InvoL 

 leaves petiolute, like the radical. Flowers 14-2 in. diam , white, in decompound cymes; 

 lateral peduncles involucellate. Sepals 5-8, silky outside- Achenes in large heads. 

 Habit of A.jap&nica, but leaves 3-foliolate. 



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Sect. III. Anemonantliea, DC. AcJienes tipped by a short style, not 

 imbedded in wool, oblong cylindric or slightly compressed. 



5. A. Griffithil, //". / (b T. Fl, Ind. 21 ; rootstock horizontal woody, 

 invoL leaves like the radical long-petioled free, scape 1-2-flowered. 



East Himalata, Lachen valley in Sikkim, alt. 8-9000 ft., fi./; Bhotan, near 

 Chuka, alt. 6000 ft.^ and jMishmi hills, Griffith. 



A small plant, iea?;^? 3-partite ; segments cuneate at the Base, tapering upwards 

 to a point, 3-lobed; lobes inciso-crenate. Flowers 1 in. diam., white or pinkish.—. 

 Habit of A, nemorosa, L., and A, ranunmloideSj L. 



6. A. ralconeri, Thorns. inHooh. Tc. PI t, 899 ; rootstock short stout 

 fibrous, invol. leaves small sessile connate, flowers solitary. H.f. d: T.FL 

 Ind. 21. Hepatica sp., Falc. in Royle 111 25 {in note). 



' West Temperate Himalaya, in shady woods; Kashmir, Falconer; Kishtwar, 

 Thomson; Hazara, J. L. Stewart. ^ 



Sx>rtly hairy. RadiCalleaves many, long-petioled, 3-partite; segments ovate-cuneate, 

 lolied. Scapes 3-6 in. ; invol leaves oblohg, entire or obtusely 3-lobed. Flowers |-4 

 in diam., white, shortly pedicelled. Achenes oblong, angled, silky. — Habit oiHepaticd, 

 but flowers pedicelled. 



7. A. obtUBiloba, Don Prodr. 194 ; rootstock woody fibrous, radical 

 leaves 3-partite, segments broad sessile, inVol. leaves small sessile free, 

 scape 1-3-flowered. H.f. & T. Fl Ind. 22. A. Govaniana, WaU. Cat. 468b. 

 A. discolor, Royle III. 52. t. 11, /. 1. -A. micrantha, Khtzsch in Bat Bek 

 Pr. Waldem. t. 38. A. mollis, Wall Cat 4689, in part. Lr 



Temperate and Alpin* Himalaya, from Kashmir to Sikkim, alt. 9-15,000 ft. ' 

 Densely tufted, glabrate or softly hairy. 'Moot stock clothed with old leaf-sheatbs. 

 Badkal leaves many, stalked, suborbicular, deeply cordate ; segments broad, cuneate, 

 vanonaTy cut and lobed, rarely shortly petiolate.i >Scopea 6-12 in., 1-3-flowered; 



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